Pin-ticket



S. WACHTEL 81 S. REISS.

PIN TICKET.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 23,1915.

1 l 93,,3 1 9 Patented Aug. 1, 1916.

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PIN-TICKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed July 23, 1915. Serial No. 41,602.

To aZZ whom it may concern Be it known that we. SIDNEY lVAcnTnL and SAM Itruss, citizens of the United States, and residents of Boston, county of Sufiolk, State of Massachusetts, have invented an improvement in Pin-Tickets, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawing, is a specification, like characters on the drawing repre senting like parts.

This invention relates to improvements in marking devices such as pin tickets and one of the objects thereof is to provide a device of this character in which the attaching members engage the material at a greater number of points than is usual in marking devices of this character now upon the market thereby more securely fastening the marking device to the merchandise and also preventing the same from moving laterally while attached thereto.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which can be more easily attached to the merchandise than the usual forms of pin tickets and without the danger of the pins spreading apart as they are being inserted into the merchandise.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide means adapted to wholly conceal the ends of the pins in such a manner that they cannot snag either the fabric to which the pin ticket is attached or other fabrics with which the same may be associated, or prick the hands of any one handling the merchandise.

Other objects of the invention will more fully appear from the following description and drawings and will be pointed out in the annexed claims.

In the drawings; Figure 1 is a plan view of one of the preferred forms of ticket embodying our invention, Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the reverse side of the ticket illustrated in Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view on lines 3-3 Fig. 1, showing the ticket applied to a piece of fabric, Fig. l. is an illustration of a different embodi,- ment of our invention in which the recess for receiving the end of the pin is in the form of a depression in the ticket instead of an aperture therethrough as illustrated in Fig. 3, Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view on lines Fig. l, Fig. 6 is an underside plan view of another embodiment of our invention, and Fig. 7 is a sectional view on lines 7? Fig. 6.

Pin tickets which have heretofore been constructed comprise usually a staple atlixed to a suitable card, the legs of the jecting at right angles thereto. such tickets to merchandise such as cloth or garments the logs of the staple are forced through the garment and then spread apart until they lie in contact therewith. Unless unusual care is taken in such instances the points of the staple project sul'liciently to engage adjacent layers of fabric or other fabrics brought into contact therewith and frequently snag and damage the same. The staples of pin tickets of this character penetrate the fabric only at two points and are more or less easily displaced.

One of the objects of the invention as above stated is to provide a pin ticket with a staple the legs of which may be through the fabric in two or more places so that the staple of each ticket will be provided with four points of engagement with the fabric and another feature of the invention comprises the provision of means for inclosing and protecting the ends of the staple after the ticket is aiiixed to the cloth. In the embodiment of the invention illustrated in Fig. 1 this is accomplished by providing the usual cardboard body 1 with a staple consisting of parallel legs 2, joined by the intermediate portion 3. The staple is preferably inserted in the card at a considerable distance from the edge thereof as illustrated in the drawing. The staple after having been passed through the cardboard from the face thereof toward the reverse side desirably may be provided with offsets l to clench the staple firmly against the card. the legs of the staple being thereafter bent at right angles In ailixing thereto in such a manner as to lie parallel to the edges of the card.

The tips 5 of the staple desirably are slightly curved upwardly or in the direction of the face of the card as illustrated in Fig.

This construeticm accomplishes a twofold purpose. First. it facilitates the application. of the pin ticket to the merchandise and second insures the complete protection of the point when the pin ticket-is affixed to the merchandise.

In applying a ticket of this character to the merchandise the cardboard is taken be tween the fingers of the operator and the pins of the staples thrust downwardly through the fabric, then the cardboard is depressed toward the plane of the surface staple proof the fabric causing the points of the pinto rise through the fabric at a distance from the point of penetration, corresponding approximately to the distance from the transaflixed to the merchandise there will be four points of engagement with the cloth approximately at the points 7,8, 9 and 10 illustrated in the drawings. 1

The recesses '6 may comprise openings passing entirely through'the card as'illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 or they may be formed as intaglio depressions 12 in the card as illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5. In such case the portion upon the reverse face'of the card which is in relief presents walls or fillets 13 against which the shanks 2 of the staple lie closely.

It will thus be obvious that in this construction when the pin ticket is applied to the merchandise in the manner aforesaid the shanks 2 ofthe Staple will be prevented from spreading as the staple is thrust into the fabric, thus insuring the parallelism of the pins during the penetration of the fabric and preventing the stretching or crinkling of the cloth between the pins. When the pins have been thus inserted they are bent around the edge of the card in the manner aforesaid until the tips '5 engage or penetrate the bottom of the depression 12. In

this form of device the tips of the pins are positively prevented from engaging either the fabric to which the pin tickets are attached or other fabrics which may be brought into contact therewith.

A further embodiment of our invention is illustrated in Fig. 6 which comprises a combination of the forms illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4, 5. In this form the aperture extends through the ticket but is preferably in the form of a slot 15 having walls 16 which are depressed through the reverse side of the ticket in such a manner as to form projections of the character shown in Fig. 5 so that by lying alongside of the shanks of the staple they will prevent the staple from spreading in the manner above described.

It will be understood that the disclosure of the invention herein is illustrative merely and not restrictive and that the invention may be embodied in other forms within the meaning andascope'of the following claims.

Having thus described our invention what we claim as new and desire to secure'by Letters Patent is: n

1. A pin ticket comprising a card, a staple aflixed thereto at a distance from the edge staple.

3. A pin ticket comprising a card, a staple aflixed thereto at a distance from the edge thereof, the legs of the staple extending parallel to the reverse face of the card and to a distance beyond the edge thereof, recesses formed by depressing portions of the card adjacent to the staples so that the reverse face of the card will lie adjacent the shanks of the staple whereby the displace ment of the legs of the staple when thrust into the merchandiseis prevented and the recess thus formed provides protection for the bent-over end of the staple.

4. A pin ticket comprising a card, a staple aiiixed thereto at a distance from the edge thereof the legs of the staple extending parallel to the reverse face of the card and to a distance beyond the edge thereof, recesses in the form of narrow slots having adapted to receivethe curved tips of the I walls extending from the reverse face of the card and adapted to engage the legs of the staples and maintain them in parallelism while the ticket is being applied to the merchandise, said slots forming apertures to receive the ends of the staple when the staple SIDNEY IVACHTEL. SAM REISS.

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